Popular baby names of 1912

In 1912, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (32,304 babies) and John for boys (24,588). Social Security records show 988,061 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 3,445 girls' names and 2,905 boys' names.

1912 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 30.6% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Marian, Wilma.
New in the boys' top 100: Woodrow, Glenn, Wilbur, Everett, Arnold, Julius.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911
1	Mary	32,304	–
2	Helen	16,133	–
3	Dorothy	12,645	↑1
4	Margaret	12,536	↓1
5	Ruth	11,280	–
6	Mildred	8,764	↑2
7	Anna	8,586	↓1
8	Elizabeth	8,527	↓1
9	Frances	6,680	↑1
10	Marie	6,642	↓1
11	Alice	6,285	–
12	Florence	5,739	–
13	Evelyn	5,620	↑3
14	Lillian	5,568	↓1
15	Rose	5,431	↓1
16	Edna	5,136	↑1
17	Louise	5,116	↑2
18	Ethel	5,073	↓3
19	Gladys	4,980	↓1
20	Virginia	4,810	↑6
21	Catherine	4,666	↓1
22	Irene	4,646	↓1
23	Ruby	4,452	↓1
24	Grace	4,418	↓1
25	Hazel	4,197	–
26	Thelma	4,183	↑1
27	Annie	4,083	↓3
28	Josephine	3,980	↑1
29	Martha	3,911	↓1
30	Gertrude	3,887	–
31	Edith	3,842	–
32	Lucille	3,763	–
33	Esther	3,569	↑1
34	Clara	3,480	↓1
35	Emma	3,357	–
36	Bertha	3,288	–
37	Beatrice	3,205	–
38	Pauline	3,163	–
39	Eleanor	3,120	↑10
40	Agnes	2,945	↓1
41	Sarah	2,919	↑1
42	Elsie	2,895	↓1
43	Bessie	2,832	↓3
44	Julia	2,825	–
45	Ida	2,740	–
46	Mabel	2,714	↓3
47	Ann	2,666	↑6
48	Doris	2,657	↑8
49	Eva	2,636	↓3
50	Myrtle	2,599	–
51	Bernice	2,593	–
52	Viola	2,550	↓5
53	Katherine	2,546	↑2
54	Pearl	2,528	↓6
55	Marion	2,522	↑3
56	Marjorie	2,468	↑3
57	Laura	2,413	–
58	Anne	2,369	↑6
59	Nellie	2,365	↓5
60	Minnie	2,295	↓8
61	Willie	2,267	–
62	Alma	2,183	–
63	Lois	2,146	↑5
64	Jean	2,056	↑10
65	Jessie	2,052	↑1
66	Betty	2,011	↑3
67	Lillie	2,003	↓7
68	Vera	1,974	↓1
69	Ella	1,921	↓6
70	Mattie	1,915	↓5
71	Kathryn	1,905	↑2
72	Lena	1,903	↓2
73	Stella	1,834	↓1
74	Mae	1,775	↓3
75	Blanche	1,761	–
76	Leona	1,650	–
77	Sylvia	1,639	↑5
78	Lucy	1,636	↓1
79	Marguerite	1,620	↑8
80	Beulah	1,607	↓1
81	Jennie	1,595	↑4
82	Carrie	1,580	↓4
83	Violet	1,535	–
84	Vivian	1,487	↓4
85	Opal	1,465	↓4
86	Ellen	1,449	↓2
87	Fannie	1,425	↑1
88	Velma	1,403	↑2
89	Jane	1,390	↑9
90	Hattie	1,389	↓4
91	Charlotte	1,375	↑4
92	Genevieve	1,353	↑1
93	Marian	1,313	new
94	Rosa	1,305	↓2
95	Mamie	1,273	↓6
96	Ada	1,268	↑1
97	Theresa	1,268	↑3
98	Cora	1,253	↓7
99	Wilma	1,241	new
100	Inez	1,228	↓1

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911
1	John	24,588	–
2	William	19,626	–
3	James	17,644	–
4	Robert	12,836	↑1
5	Joseph	12,062	↑1
6	George	11,734	↓2
7	Charles	11,070	–
8	Edward	7,936	↑1
9	Frank	7,912	↓1
10	Thomas	6,087	–
11	Walter	5,809	↑1
12	Henry	5,643	↓1
13	Harold	5,102	↑3
14	Paul	4,785	↑3
15	Arthur	4,685	↑3
16	Harry	4,624	↓3
17	Albert	4,587	↓2
18	Raymond	4,374	↑1
19	Richard	4,188	↑1
20	Louis	3,591	↑1
21	Clarence	3,590	↑2
22	Willie	3,508	↓8
23	Ralph	3,435	↑1
24	Carl	3,224	↑2
25	Howard	3,212	↑3
26	Fred	3,103	↓4
27	Donald	2,872	↑9
28	Jack	2,870	↓3
29	David	2,858	↓2
30	Samuel	2,602	–
31	Roy	2,591	–
32	Ernest	2,569	–
33	Kenneth	2,538	↑7
34	Earl	2,518	–
35	Francis	2,516	↓2
36	Joe	2,515	↓7
37	Anthony	2,480	↓2
38	Lawrence	2,467	↓1
39	Herbert	2,236	↑2
40	Alfred	2,210	↓1
41	Eugene	2,114	↑2
42	Michael	2,104	↓4
43	Stanley	2,017	↑1
44	Andrew	1,946	↓2
45	Leonard	1,928	↑1
46	Woodrow	1,843	new
47	Elmer	1,840	↑1
48	Peter	1,679	↑2
49	Leo	1,654	↑2
50	Herman	1,646	↓1
51	Frederick	1,564	↑1
52	Theodore	1,561	↑4
53	Daniel	1,524	–
54	Edwin	1,518	↑6
55	Chester	1,460	↑3
56	Russell	1,449	↓1
57	Charlie	1,446	↓12
58	Lester	1,443	↑7
59	Floyd	1,438	↓2
60	Bernard	1,437	↓6
61	Norman	1,367	↑2
62	Clifford	1,345	–
63	Sam	1,325	↓16
64	Milton	1,319	↑6
65	Clyde	1,314	↓4
66	Leroy	1,306	↓7
67	Benjamin	1,272	↓3
68	Lewis	1,247	↓2
69	Philip	1,237	–
70	Lloyd	1,227	↑4
71	Melvin	1,185	↑2
72	Vincent	1,178	↑8
73	Oscar	1,157	↓5
74	Jesse	1,106	↓2
75	Martin	1,064	–
76	Cecil	1,058	–
77	Ray	1,050	↓6
78	Lee	1,030	↓11
79	Leon	1,006	↓2
80	Sidney	1,003	↑12
81	Victor	989	–
82	Morris	960	↑3
83	Marvin	958	↓1
84	Glenn	948	new
85	Edgar	945	↓2
86	Alvin	929	↑3
87	Gerald	929	↑1
88	Stephen	928	↓4
89	Claude	890	↓2
90	Vernon	889	↑6
91	Harvey	875	–
92	Wilbur	832	new
93	Gordon	822	↑4
94	Irving	815	↓1
95	Maurice	811	↑4
96	Everett	806	new
97	Alexander	803	↓3
98	Homer	794	↓3
99	Arnold	767	new
100	Julius	758	new

Every name given in 1912

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